PSYCH 3CD3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: White Noise, Ethnic Stereotype, Ingroups And Outgroups
27 Jan 2017
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Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of african americans. Stereotype threat is being at risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one"s group. Reflecting the pressure of this vulnerability, blacks underperformed in relation to whites in the ability-diagnostic condition but not in the non-diagnostic condition (with sat controlled). Study 3 validated that ability-diagnosticity cognitively activated the racial stereotype in these participants and motivated them not to conform to it, or to be judged by it. Study 4 showed that mere salience of the stereotype could impair blacks" performance even when the test was not ability diagnostic. The role of stereotype vulnerability in the standardized test performance of ability-stigmatised groups is discussed. The possibility of confirming the negative stereotype that blacks are stupid causes these individuals" anxiety and intellectual malfunctioning while taking tests of intellectual ability. Stereotype threat may lead to additional arousal, diverting attention, and increased self-consciousness, all of which would contribute to lower scores on tests.
